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Saturday, April 30, 2011

My "Embrace the Camera" picture for this week was a picture of Smiley helping me mix up some cookie dough. Sure I received some very nice comments regarding the actual picture, but so many of you wanted the recipe so..... here it is, in a mostly picture-less recipe post (see what happens when I don't plan these things out ☺).

Chocolate Chip Banana Cookies

(I think I got this recipe from my Mom and where she got it, who knows)

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Just so you know, If you make cookies and they call for baking soda, don't forget to put it in. Or your cookies will look like the one on the left when they should look like the ones on the right (luckily I realized after baking only 1 batch)

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

I reached in to my huge bottomless pit of a purse. I reached straight down to the very bottom and slowly pulled my arm back up feeling for it all the way to the top. Nothing. I reached down to the right corner. Nope. Down to the left corner. Not there either. I started to sweat.

My camera.
Not in my purse.

It is always within reach whether in my purse, in my hand, or on top of our refrigerator at home.

And that's where it was today. I had left it sitting upon the top of the fridge, at home.... in another state.

We had just arrived at my parents home 4 hours away from ours. I ran to my purse to get my camera to snap a picture and it wasn't there. How could I have forgotten it on a weekend away. And not just any weekend, Easter weekend. You know the weekend of colorful eggs, candies, baskets, excited children and dressed up families.

We colored eggs at my parent's house and I borrowed his camera from on top of the fridge (hmm.... wonder where I get it )

But then our trip continued on.

We went to my hubby's parent's house.

Once again, no camera. Bummer there was golfing, hot tub time, dressing up, Easter eggs and basket hunting, kite flying and lots of family.

Sure I forgot. And the moments will be memories captured in our minds instead of on my blog, on paper and potentially in frames. And as annoyed as I was (and honestly still am ~ although I know I shouldn't be) those "things" do not even begin to compare with what the true meaning of Easter is for my family. The death and resurrection of our Lord. And while there are no actual photographs of this blessed event, we remember in our hearts and minds, and we celebrate. We celebrated with prayer, singing, praise and family.

I am not perfect. I forget things. Not just my camera, but a shirt that my daughter wanted washed so she could wear it to school, a lunch my son wanted to take to school, rolls that needed to be taken out of the freezer for breakfast in the morning and so the list continues.......

But in the end, even though it can be frustrating and feelings can be momentarily hurt, it isn't the "things" that really matter. And I hope that is something I can teach my children. For there is SO MUCH MORE.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

I hadn't planned on making them again this year, but Sassy was concerned that we didn't have any Easter decorations up. So, one day while Sassy and Action were at school and Smiley was down for a nap, I set out to make some small yarn eggs.

I used:

Water Balloons (I wanted smaller eggs than last year)

Bright colored Embroidery Floss (that I took out of a friendship bracelet making kit)

Glue

and

Water

First I watered down my glue and blew up my balloons.

Then I took my embroidery floss, dipped it into the watered down glue and wrapped, wrapped and wrapped it around my balloons.

I laid them out to dry.

When they were dry, using my finger, I loosened the floss from the balloon.

Then I popped the balloon and pulled it out

Voila, cute little Easter Eggs.

And Sassy feels so much better now that we have some Easter decorations up.